BP portrait prize is announced

A large, formally posed painting of a homeless German man called Karel has won the BP portrait prize. The Independent reveals that Thomas Ganter was named winner the £30,000 prize, now in its 25th year, for his portrait Man with a Plaid Blanket. The National Portrait Gallery exhibition featuring the shortlisted artists is now open, watch our video about the selection here.

Art Everywhere will fill the streets with art again

The 2014 Art Everywhere project, which asks the public to choose their favourites from more than 70 British artworks, is asking the public for their votes. Culture 24 reports that Grayson Perry and Antony Gormley will reveal the final works at a press view on July 16. Art Everywhere US has also launched, with artnet stating that Edward Hopper’s The Nighthawks is dominating the polls.

And finally…

A student had to be rescued from a giant sculpture that resembles female genitalia in Tübingen, Germany. According to The Guardian 22 firemen were called to the scene in order to free the American from Chacán-Pi (Making Love) by Fernando de la Jara.